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since 1995, nasa has been charged by congress with keeping a 24-hour-a-day seven-day-a-week watch on the skies, and they're doing this principally with three observatories in new mexico, california and puerto rico, that have discovered about 98% of all the asteroid we know that are out there. >> axelrod: if they identify a potential threat what can then be done by way of a defense system? well, that's a real possibility. you don't want to destroy these things. they're too dangerous and it's too impractical. what you can do is deflect them. nasa has already perfected the art of landing on asteroids orbiting asteroids and we even fired an impactor into the side of a comet to study the debris. you can do the same impact mod welan asteroid and speed it up or slow it down by as little as a few centimeters a second. that way had it arrives at earth's orbit we've already passed by or haven't arrived at the rendezvous yet. >> axelrod: just a fraction. >> just a fraction. >> axelrod: in south africa today the extended family of olympic runner oscar pistorius came to his defense claiming the s
since 1995, nasa has been charged by congress with keeping a 24-hour-a-day seven-day-a-week watch on the skies, and they're doing this principally with three observatories in new mexico, california and puerto rico, that have discovered about 98% of all the asteroid we know that are out there. >> axelrod: if they identify a potential threat what can then be done by way of a defense system? well, that's a real possibility. you don't want to destroy these things. they're too dangerous and...
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in 1995, nasa authorized-- or rather, congress authorized nasa to scan the skies 24 hours a at day, seven days a week, to look for these objects and we're doing it at three observatories in california, new mexico, and puerto rico. and those three observatories have accounted for about 98% of the bodies we know are out there. now, there are ways to defend ourselves once we know it's out there. and we have the technology to do it. it's just a question of putting the money together and deciding to do that. >> schieffer: all right well, that is a little bit reassuring, and thank you very much for helping us on something that most of us know absolutely nothing about. thank you so much. i want to turn now to our panel. tom rickes, it strikes me that one of the dangers is that in this age of intercontinental ballistic missiles, a nation might pick up something like this on their radar and before they identify it as a rock, would fire our own missiles back in retaliation that you might accidentally trigger a nuclear exchange. >> it was always a concern in the cold war that the russians would thin
in 1995, nasa authorized-- or rather, congress authorized nasa to scan the skies 24 hours a at day, seven days a week, to look for these objects and we're doing it at three observatories in california, new mexico, and puerto rico. and those three observatories have accounted for about 98% of the bodies we know are out there. now, there are ways to defend ourselves once we know it's out there. and we have the technology to do it. it's just a question of putting the money together and deciding to...
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i learned a lot at nasa. it has helped me as we set up the b612 foundation. >> three, two, one, we have booster ignition and liftoff of the space shuttle "atlantis." >> what was that first mission like? >> it was awesome. you always remember that more than the other ones even though the other ones were great. >> we'd like to say it's amazing, i can't believe we're actually here. >> the space shuttle mission "atlantis" in 1997, we went to the mier space station. >> hi mom, hi dad. >> you could talk to ed probably for hours and never know that he spent six months on the international space station. there have been about 525 astronauts and very, very few have ever spent that much time on the space station, so he's part of a very select group. >> i think the highlight of my career at nasa was actually a time of crisis at nasa. >> safety is on everyone's mind since the "columbia" shuttle disaster. >> 2003 we lost the shuttle "columbia" so seven good friends died that morning. for the foreseeable future all space s
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. >> why isn't the government doing it or somebody from nasa? >> we've been to nasa. they treat us like we're a bunch of space ka deads. but this could be a game-changer. >> why is it important? >> it's important because we need an insurance poll i. inevitably we're going to need one. it's inevitable. we need to have an early warning system and president obama had stated that a priority would be to land on an asteroid that. could help to focus our efforts to not just land on an asteroid but to deflect an asteroid. so bruce willis watch out. >> if we did know about this asteroid, is there anyway to take it out before we head toward earth? >> we don't want it to come to earth. what we need to do is nudge it or push it when it's farther out. that would take a few decades to get a booster asteroid on it. >> early detection would make a difference too. >> early detection is the key to it took years to build this business. the moment my moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis started getting in the way that was it... it was time for a serious talk with my dermatologist.
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of nasa. right now a mere 25,000 miles, six minutes ago before we went on the air, it was at 27,000 miles, going very fast. and so, that's how they have it calculated not going to hit us or graze us, but buzz us in about an hour and ten minutes right here. i hope we live. just kidding. they say it's not going to hit us. not totally true and, but they say there's no 'cause for concern, hello. you never know, do you? and in other news we're following another major story for you today as the president heads to the windy city, his hometown, to deliver what's been billed pass a purely economic address. but there's he a growing sense that the economy will not be the only topic of discussion. this 174 shootings and 44 murders, so far, reported in chicago. that's just by february 3rd alone, all right? so it's going to get worse and it was really bad last year. last year, the city saw 506 murders, and more than 2400 shootings. and what a mess! all this after this 15-year-old honor student was gunned do
of nasa. right now a mere 25,000 miles, six minutes ago before we went on the air, it was at 27,000 miles, going very fast. and so, that's how they have it calculated not going to hit us or graze us, but buzz us in about an hour and ten minutes right here. i hope we live. just kidding. they say it's not going to hit us. not totally true and, but they say there's no 'cause for concern, hello. you never know, do you? and in other news we're following another major story for you today as the...
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. >> nasa is currently studying about 9,000 of these near earth asteroids. about 1800 of them are fairly large and they are very particularly interesting to us. >> it's been a phenomenally successful program and no impact risk in the near future. >> reporter: we have sent a spacecraft to get a close look at an asteroid and now that one is getting a close-up look at us, scientists are seizing the moment. >> as it flies by we are going to use our radars to bounce radiowaves off this asteroid, watch it spin, look at the reflections and understand its size, shape and perhaps even a little bit about what it's made of. >> reporter: that's happening now. even as 2012da14 heads back into space. from the solar system bureau, i'm science editor brian hackney, kpix 5. >>> federal investigators are in mobile, alabama tonight investigating the cause of the fire that crippled that cruise ship. today pug boats pulled the carnival triumph to a shipyard for repairs. thousands of passengers cheered when it finally docked last night after 5 days of sewage- soaked floors. they
. >> nasa is currently studying about 9,000 of these near earth asteroids. about 1800 of them are fairly large and they are very particularly interesting to us. >> it's been a phenomenally successful program and no impact risk in the near future. >> reporter: we have sent a spacecraft to get a close look at an asteroid and now that one is getting a close-up look at us, scientists are seizing the moment. >> as it flies by we are going to use our radars to bounce...
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. >> reporter: the yearly catch is shipped to nasa's johnson space center. here in the non-december crypt building number 31... >> this is the air shower. reporter: ... where you have to suit up to protect the meteorites from contamination. the precious cargo is unpacked and catalogued under the watchful eye of curator kevin rider. >> they're frozen from the time they're collected and returned all the way along the legs of the journey to get to houston. >> reporter: each sample is carefully examined and given a name based on where it was found. so we get to see a martian meteorite. >> this sample is elephant morain 79001. it's a basaltic rock from mars. >> reporter: it was studying a martian meteorite found in antarctica that led scientists to the discovery that there was once water on mars. and those these ugly ducklings may all look similar to the naked eye each meteorite has different chemical and mineral content. under a polarizing microscope, there is beautiful... they're as beautiful as stained glass windows for it's what they may some day tell us that
. >> reporter: the yearly catch is shipped to nasa's johnson space center. here in the non-december crypt building number 31... >> this is the air shower. reporter: ... where you have to suit up to protect the meteorites from contamination. the precious cargo is unpacked and catalogued under the watchful eye of curator kevin rider. >> they're frozen from the time they're collected and returned all the way along the legs of the journey to get to houston. >> reporter: each...
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. >> reporter: nasa say this fireball in russia this week is believed to be the largest reporting since 1908. that's when a meteorite hit siberia, destroying an estimated 80 billion of trees. >> so why are all these encounters of a space kind of we're going to talk with jeffrey kluger. >> thanks for having me. >> when you see this coming in a group of threes, you wonder how rare is that? how unusual is it? >> not only is it not unusual but it's exceedingly common. the earth is hit with 100 pieces of debris err day, the size of basketball. every few days like a volkswagen. you should think of our planet as playing in traffic. >> it's disconcerting. >> how come we don't hear about it more often? >> because remember the atmosphere is like a wall of concrete which is why we get beautiful sky shows. it incinerated on the way down due to air friction. the problem is when the rock becoming too big to be consumed earn tirely then it bursts above ground which is call and air burst and that's what creates the technology. >> we hear that they need to shoot things down but don't have it. is that so
. >> reporter: nasa say this fireball in russia this week is believed to be the largest reporting since 1908. that's when a meteorite hit siberia, destroying an estimated 80 billion of trees. >> so why are all these encounters of a space kind of we're going to talk with jeffrey kluger. >> thanks for having me. >> when you see this coming in a group of threes, you wonder how rare is that? how unusual is it? >> not only is it not unusual but it's exceedingly common....
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since then, nasa has been plotting its path and is certain there will be no impact. its closest approach expected to be near indonesia at 2:24 p.m. eastern on friday. images have already been captured on high-powered telescopes in australia. >> you won't be able to see it with the naked eye. with research and a decent telescope, you have a shot but your best bet may be to do what a lot of people around here will be doing, monitoring the nasa feed online. as it gets closer, nasa's powerful gold stone deep space communications complex will be taking radar imagery, research that could help scientists avoid disaster in the future. back in 1908, a smaller meteor hit in a remote region of siberia, destroying the landscape for hundreds of miles. and scientists blame the dinosaur's demise on a massive astroid. >> the dinosaurs didn't have a space program. so they couldn't discover astroids and they couldn't do anything about it. >> reporter: so now nasa says they'll be watching and learning what they can from what is about to be a very close call. kristen dahlgren, nbc news,
since then, nasa has been plotting its path and is certain there will be no impact. its closest approach expected to be near indonesia at 2:24 p.m. eastern on friday. images have already been captured on high-powered telescopes in australia. >> you won't be able to see it with the naked eye. with research and a decent telescope, you have a shot but your best bet may be to do what a lot of people around here will be doing, monitoring the nasa feed online. as it gets closer, nasa's powerful...
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more on that from nasa in a moment. we begin with kirit radia in moscow. >> reporter: it came out of nowhere. a bright speck in the sky, soon streaking across the horizon, followed by an almost apocalyptic scene. a blinding flash of light, and then all hell broke loose. [ explosion ] dizzying explosions, shattering windows, knocking these office workers to the ground. these students were lucky, protected by curtains from the flying glass. and these men barely escaped the blast. [ explosion ] in the streets -- pandemonium. terrified residents thought the world was ending. people started to panic. somebody screamed, the end of the earth, he says. the chaos of the meteor captured on cell phones and the dashboard cameras of cars, so popular here in russia. the blast was so powerful, it knocked down a wall at this factory. in all, over 1,200 people were injured, mostly from broken glass. 3,000 buildings damaged, over a million square feet of glass shattered. many were injured after going to the window to check out the flash
more on that from nasa in a moment. we begin with kirit radia in moscow. >> reporter: it came out of nowhere. a bright speck in the sky, soon streaking across the horizon, followed by an almost apocalyptic scene. a blinding flash of light, and then all hell broke loose. [ explosion ] dizzying explosions, shattering windows, knocking these office workers to the ground. these students were lucky, protected by curtains from the flying glass. and these men barely escaped the blast. [...
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it was not nasa. >> andrea: right. nasa doesn't have anything to do with space. >> bob: i don't think the republicans. this is a waste of time. if it hits your house, well -- this is not hateful. i don't want it to hit your house. if it hits the russians, too bad, too. any human being, too bad. with the exception of a few i can think of. >> eric: this is irrelevant. [ overtalk ] bronc you upset about that? >> eric: no. everything is fine. can we point out the weekend away that the department of homeland security spent the money on, they spent money on $40 billion in various projects like in arizona $90,000 to fund and install video monitoring system for security cameras in chicago. guess what happened? never put security camera up? >> andrea: what is going on? >> dana: this is strange. i understand a training video for a lot of things, effective way to travel and bring the trainers in to do something to watch a video. it can be instructive. i don't understand the zombie thing. maybe the department of homeland security
it was not nasa. >> andrea: right. nasa doesn't have anything to do with space. >> bob: i don't think the republicans. this is a waste of time. if it hits your house, well -- this is not hateful. i don't want it to hit your house. if it hits the russians, too bad, too. any human being, too bad. with the exception of a few i can think of. >> eric: this is irrelevant. [ overtalk ] bronc you upset about that? >> eric: no. everything is fine. can we point out the weekend...
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which is sort of sixty miles away from where the media or fell on friday the explosion was so powerful nasa says it was equal to around twenty minute stropped on hiroshima thankfully these explosions caused by the media were not accompanied by lethal radioactivity for more what happened here on friday here's this report it wasn't a bird or superman but something much. faster he needs. to speak bright like he was shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun it was around nine am when the skies were suddenly lit up media were flying over jihad and breaking into three parts leaving a striking drill of smoke before vanishing just minutes later the city and the surrounding areas were literally rocked by a series of massive explosions. and i immediately called. one of my teammates he lives in my building and i you know i couldn't get through to him by phone in work so i was a little bit scared at that point so powerful it damaged buildings and shattered windows all across the city of dallas but. i was told that a plane crashed right into a building then we were told that a wall
which is sort of sixty miles away from where the media or fell on friday the explosion was so powerful nasa says it was equal to around twenty minute stropped on hiroshima thankfully these explosions caused by the media were not accompanied by lethal radioactivity for more what happened here on friday here's this report it wasn't a bird or superman but something much. faster he needs. to speak bright like he was shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun it was around nine...
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in the middle of a city or any kind of populated area there are telescopes and networks operated by nasa in the u.s. and what's cosmos and russia and the european space agency others that are out there trying to detect and track asteroids but honestly there's a lot of responders the thousands and their biggest focus is on the really large ones ones that are hundreds of meters in diameter or kilometers in diameter that could potentially you know due to the os what happened to the dinosaurs. one and asteroid is just made a record close approach to earth at a about twenty eight thousand kilometers above the surface now the event was watched by the scientists all over the world with many fearing the one hundred twenty thousand tunneled jet wouldn't miss planet well for more let's cross live now to talk money he's managing editor of space dot com he is in new york where we're happy to say that all this the that one did mrs tarik otherwise we wouldn't be here talking to each other now but it is there a bit of a coincidence i know experts say there's nothing related between that asteroid and wh
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and made it very difficult to detect in advance that there are telescopes and networks operated by nasa in the u.s. and what's cosmos and russia and the european space agency others that are out there trying to detect the track asteroids but honestly there's a lot of there's hundreds of thousands and their biggest focus is on the really large ones ones that are hundreds of meters in diameter or kilometers in diameter that could potentially you know do to us what happened to the dinosaurs thankfully no one was killed this time and luckily the meteor didn't hit the facilities including several nuclear sites located in the region. and lawrence maxwell cries from this corner of earth and space exploration says this was a scientifically precious in fact. meteors and asteroids all many of them come from the outer part of our solar system perturbations from the planet jupiter and other planets there's a huge. store of comets asteroids out outside the orbits of jupiter and outside in fact the outer solar system some of them periodically get disturbed by the gravity of the inner planets and get
and made it very difficult to detect in advance that there are telescopes and networks operated by nasa in the u.s. and what's cosmos and russia and the european space agency others that are out there trying to detect the track asteroids but honestly there's a lot of there's hundreds of thousands and their biggest focus is on the really large ones ones that are hundreds of meters in diameter or kilometers in diameter that could potentially you know do to us what happened to the dinosaurs...
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it was not nasa. >> andrea: right. nasa doesn't have anything to do with space. >> bob: i don't think the republicans. this is a waste of time. if it hits your house, well -- this is not hateful. i don't want it to hit your house. if it hits the russians, too bad, too. any human being, too bad. with the exception of a few i can think of. >> eric: this is irrelevant. [ overtalk ] bronc you upset about that? >> eric: no. everything is fine. can we point out the weekend away that the department of homeland security spent the money on, they spent money on $40 billion in various projects like in arizona $90,000 to fund and install video monitoring system for security cameras in chicago. guess what happened? never put security camera up? >> andrea: what is going on? >> dana: this is strange. i understand a training video for a lot of things, effective way to travel and bring the trainers in to do something to watch a video. it can be instructive. i don't understand the zombie thing. maybe the department of homeland security
it was not nasa. >> andrea: right. nasa doesn't have anything to do with space. >> bob: i don't think the republicans. this is a waste of time. if it hits your house, well -- this is not hateful. i don't want it to hit your house. if it hits the russians, too bad, too. any human being, too bad. with the exception of a few i can think of. >> eric: this is irrelevant. [ overtalk ] bronc you upset about that? >> eric: no. everything is fine. can we point out the weekend...
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nasa researchers have identified just 9600 near earth * today, 9600. but that is about a little under 1 percent of the million asteroids that we believe our nearest. for more on this latest as terrell flyby and the russian fireball, and joined by dr. amelie right car research assistant and astrophysics with the american museum of natural history. britain have year. this was an exciting day, a more exciting than any of us, i think , bargained for and certainly the russians. my goodness. >> absolutely. if. lou: is going to start with the astros first because i am so impressed with the precision, the calculation. this asteroid, da 14, it would pass through at 17,000 miles above our surface and they were exactly right. >> a very close call, but we knew exactly where was going. and so -- lou: and with of thousands yes synchronous satellites, would there be principally telecommunications are weather satellites up there, 20,000 miles. i'm sort of surprised that something did not get hit. that is a lot of stuff up there. >> a lot of stuff, was still mostly emp
nasa researchers have identified just 9600 near earth * today, 9600. but that is about a little under 1 percent of the million asteroids that we believe our nearest. for more on this latest as terrell flyby and the russian fireball, and joined by dr. amelie right car research assistant and astrophysics with the american museum of natural history. britain have year. this was an exciting day, a more exciting than any of us, i think , bargained for and certainly the russians. my goodness. >>...
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but as carl azuz explains nasa says there's nothing to worry about. asteroid 2012 da14 is about half the size of a football field, and it's headed right for us, or right near us, but before you start worrying about this. >> it's a meteor shower. >> reporter: know that nasa says this: >> the close approach of this object 2012 da14 on february 15th in nothing to worry about. its orbit is very well known, we know exactly where it's going to go, and it cannot heat the earth. >> reporter: with concerns about the end of the world put to rest, lets check out some science on this bad boy. first of, the asteroid is cruising along its 17,455 miles per hour. that's fast. but not as fast as rockets have to go in order to escape earth gravity and get in the space. speaking of gravity, it's going to give the asteroid a little extra pull as it passes by. so, as this thing is closer to earth, it's actually going to get faster. just how close is da14 going to get when it passes by on february 15th? more than 17,000 miles away from the planet. but keep this in mind, th
but as carl azuz explains nasa says there's nothing to worry about. asteroid 2012 da14 is about half the size of a football field, and it's headed right for us, or right near us, but before you start worrying about this. >> it's a meteor shower. >> reporter: know that nasa says this: >> the close approach of this object 2012 da14 on february 15th in nothing to worry about. its orbit is very well known, we know exactly where it's going to go, and it cannot heat the earth....
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have some images of obvious panic veron you can see why is nasa claims the meteors explosion generated a power of five hundred killed tons which is around twenty times the size of the hiroshima nuclear bomb twelve hundred people were injured many of them children after the shock waves hit buildings and shattered windows r.t. as you can piece can offer parts now from the affected region the consequences of friday's meteor are still quite a handful it's not only about shattered glass a lot of old buildings were damaged as well like this factory there behind me where parts of the wall and roof just collapsed which is remarkable since we were around one hundred kilometers just or sixty miles away from where the media or fell for more what happened here on friday here's this report it wasn't a bird or a plane or superman but something much louder brighter faster and maybe times of war terrifying because big bright like he was shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun it was around nine am when the skies were suddenly lit up by media or flying over breaking into three pa
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so, the leaders at nasa -- i call them nasa's resident ex-con -- is inspiring these people to point acts of ecoer toism, and they're against all forms of energy, which doesn't make send. if we're getting oil from democracy in canada, that's caught ethical oil, as opposed to getting from nye jeer -- nye nigeria or the middle east. the. >> neil: what is scary, the ends justify the means and if push came to shove and it meant tearing the thing down or doing god know's what, without this oil, it's a better world for us? that is crazy. >> yes, it's not about not in my backyard so much as they're worried about the extra co2 that would be emited in the atmosphere. the same guy said we only have four years to save the planet in january 2009. we passed another mayan calendar deadline. they believe in this prophecy ask don't think they won't act. in the environmentol commitey we had to deal with ecoterrorism when it came to animal rights, property rights, and in colorado so it's a very real thing. torching suvs. this movement, if it gets frustrated, particularly frustrated with a democratic presid
so, the leaders at nasa -- i call them nasa's resident ex-con -- is inspiring these people to point acts of ecoer toism, and they're against all forms of energy, which doesn't make send. if we're getting oil from democracy in canada, that's caught ethical oil, as opposed to getting from nye jeer -- nye nigeria or the middle east. the. >> neil: what is scary, the ends justify the means and if push came to shove and it meant tearing the thing down or doing god know's what, without this oil,...
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nasa ambassador greg red fern also the sky guy is here. always good to see you. >> you too will. >> whether or not this thing actually hit the ground? do we know that yet? >> i think that there was an impact because before we went on air i was surfing the net and they show a picture of a 26- foot wide crater in the ice. and in studying the video that we saw today. it looks like after the terminal burst which was a big flash that everybody saw was brighter than the sun. there were other meteorites that fell to ground that an expedition will go out and map the field where all this things landed and give us a good picture of what happened that day. >> the folks that actually do this. you call them hunters right? >> yes i can guarantee you there are people who have got their passports and they're on their way to there right now to join the people there. >> not just because they're interested. there's value here right? >> absolutely. i tell you with an event like this, you're talking tens of thousands of dollars for little specimens. it's going
nasa ambassador greg red fern also the sky guy is here. always good to see you. >> you too will. >> whether or not this thing actually hit the ground? do we know that yet? >> i think that there was an impact because before we went on air i was surfing the net and they show a picture of a 26- foot wide crater in the ice. and in studying the video that we saw today. it looks like after the terminal burst which was a big flash that everybody saw was brighter than the sun. there...
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. >> there were tense moments for nasa. ground control lost all communications on the international space station. there were six crew members on board the iss, including two americans. the crew's commander has said that everybody on board is safe, they're doing well. we want to talk about the details, all of this, bring in chad myers and nasa public affair affairs josh byerly. how is this even possible? >> i think we've all done this, you think you're upgrading your computer and all of a sudden when you turn it back on it doesn't work anymore. the upgrade didn't take. when they were trying to get the soft wiware to a new level, the level didn't turn back on. they lost communication. we might as well talk to josh. he was right there. >> josh, what haed? what did occur. >> chad's got it exactly right. we were doing a routine update on board the software on the computer. there's a primary computer and backup computer. they swapped over to the backup computer so upload the primary one and we lost communication with the space s
. >> there were tense moments for nasa. ground control lost all communications on the international space station. there were six crew members on board the iss, including two americans. the crew's commander has said that everybody on board is safe, they're doing well. we want to talk about the details, all of this, bring in chad myers and nasa public affair affairs josh byerly. how is this even possible? >> i think we've all done this, you think you're upgrading your computer and...
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so what next for nasa missions regarding astroids? >> nasa has a planned mission to go visit one of them. >> we have some footage of it in fact that we can show folks. now this is a mission that actually will visit an astroid? >> yes. it will good to a near earth astroid, a little larger. here you see the spacecraft approaching it. it is launched in 2016. approaches it in year 2019 approximately. reach out, take a sample. you saw a puff of dust. >> yes. >> it'll put the sample into a return capsule and bring it back to earth so we have samples of a near-earth astroid. >> all right. we are -- we are through. da14 is onity way. we will continue our observations of it and be seeing it here in the united states pretty soon. >> okay. let's bring in jim, nbc space analyst and former nasa mission controler. jim, great to have you on the show. this is freaky, right? in the space of 24 hours we have the russian meteor, is this just a freak coincidence or is there more to it? >> we're still working on that, mandy. because the issue is, they are
so what next for nasa missions regarding astroids? >> nasa has a planned mission to go visit one of them. >> we have some footage of it in fact that we can show folks. now this is a mission that actually will visit an astroid? >> yes. it will good to a near earth astroid, a little larger. here you see the spacecraft approaching it. it is launched in 2016. approaches it in year 2019 approximately. reach out, take a sample. you saw a puff of dust. >> yes. >> it'll...
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as a matter of fact, this is how nasa receives permission to perform science missions. however, for civil, non-public uas operations, the faa requires a special airworthiness certificate in the experimental category which are limited to an individual vehicle rather than a class of vehicles, and severely limits the uses of the uas. for example, commercial operations are specifically excluded under an experimental certificate. the majority of the research work nasa's performing is organized under the integration and the project, and it's focused in the following areas. sensitive void, separation ainsurance interoperatability, developing reliable communication systems and protocols, ground control systems for effective and safe operation, and the requirements necessary to define cry criterir avionic communication systems and ground control system certification. we are addressing critical research questions and delivers results to the stake holders. now, the work that that that nasa's performing is delivering stake holder interfaces as well. i'd like to identify three key i
as a matter of fact, this is how nasa receives permission to perform science missions. however, for civil, non-public uas operations, the faa requires a special airworthiness certificate in the experimental category which are limited to an individual vehicle rather than a class of vehicles, and severely limits the uses of the uas. for example, commercial operations are specifically excluded under an experimental certificate. the majority of the research work nasa's performing is organized under...
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serious accusations this morning leveled at mountain view's nasa ames. employees there accused by two powerful congressmen of leaking valuable american technology information to foreigners. is politics at play as well? business and tech reporter scott mcgrew joins us. this is not the first time nasa has been accused. >> republican iowa senator chuck grassley made the same allegations in this letter back in 2012 demanding answers to those allegations some at nasa may have given away information that would violate america's laws against exporting technology. the latest version of this accusation comes from these men. lamar smith of texas. frank wolf of virginia. they are also republicans. according to the magazine "aviation week" they sent a letter to the justice department asking where there had been no prosecutions. in all of these cases the accusation take pains to name the center's director, he's former air force brigadier general pete warden seen here. they don't specifically accuse warden himself but often they question his leadership. it's hard to t
serious accusations this morning leveled at mountain view's nasa ames. employees there accused by two powerful congressmen of leaking valuable american technology information to foreigners. is politics at play as well? business and tech reporter scott mcgrew joins us. this is not the first time nasa has been accused. >> republican iowa senator chuck grassley made the same allegations in this letter back in 2012 demanding answers to those allegations some at nasa may have given away...
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. >>> the ceo of apple and a nasa engineer sat with michelle obama. you can't sit close to your wife surrounding her with nerds. >> "cbs this morning." >> i literally couldn't move my legs so they'd have to pick up my legs and put them into my next outfit. >> whoa, now there is he aa job. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." we start with breaking news the sweeping manhunt for fugitive ex-cop wanted in a deadly rampage appears to be over. overnight sheriff's deputies say charred remains were found inside a burned out cabin near big bear lake california east of los angeles. it's not yet confirmed the remains are those of christopher dorner. >> the cabin went up in flames after an intense shoot-out. only cbs news captured the gunfight while it was happening. carter evans was in the middle of it all and he is again in big bear. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, there is a new development. authorities are now reporting inside that burnt out cabin they found a california driver's license with the name "christopher dorner" on it. all of this started ye
. >>> the ceo of apple and a nasa engineer sat with michelle obama. you can't sit close to your wife surrounding her with nerds. >> "cbs this morning." >> i literally couldn't move my legs so they'd have to pick up my legs and put them into my next outfit. >> whoa, now there is he aa job. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." we start with breaking news the sweeping manhunt for fugitive ex-cop wanted in a deadly rampage appears to be over....
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nasa attract the asteroid. they said there was no danger. an observer pick out the tiny white shape of the rock going through space. >> we have always focused people's minds on this. we have known for a while that there are things out there. this is just a very timely reminder, a reminder of why it is important for us to keep scanning the skies. >> all of this is a wake-up call. the asteroid that was much larger did pass us by. when it comes to protecting ourselves, there is not much we can do. bbc news. >> for more on today's events, i spoke to a chemist at the smithsonian in washington. what is going on out there? first of all, you have this need your read, and then you have this asteroid. >> absolutely, a very busy day. i think it is unprecedented. a really truly interesting day, to have them passing so close that it is actually visible, and then to have this media right in russia. it is a special day. >> what is causing it? we did not know any of this was coming? >> no, we were actually caught a bit by surprise. we had about a one-day wa
nasa attract the asteroid. they said there was no danger. an observer pick out the tiny white shape of the rock going through space. >> we have always focused people's minds on this. we have known for a while that there are things out there. this is just a very timely reminder, a reminder of why it is important for us to keep scanning the skies. >> all of this is a wake-up call. the asteroid that was much larger did pass us by. when it comes to protecting ourselves, there is not...
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energy and made it very difficult to detect you know that there are telescopes and networks operated by nasa in the u.s. and what's cosmos in russia and the european space agency others that are out there trying to detect and track asteroids but honestly there's a lot of there's hundreds of thousands and their biggest focus is on the really large ones ones that are hundreds of meters in diameter or kilometers in diameter that could potentially you know do to us what happened to the dinosaurs thankfully no one was killed this time and luckily the meteor didn't hit any industrial facilities including several nuclear sites located in the region nor is maxwell cross from the school of earth and space exploration says this was an event of huge scientific interest. meteor isn't asteroids are common many of them come from the outer part of our solar system perturbations from the planet jupiter and other planets there's a huge. store of of comets asteroids out outside the orbits of jupiter and outside in fact the outer solar system some of them periodically get disturbed by the gravity of the inner
energy and made it very difficult to detect you know that there are telescopes and networks operated by nasa in the u.s. and what's cosmos in russia and the european space agency others that are out there trying to detect and track asteroids but honestly there's a lot of there's hundreds of thousands and their biggest focus is on the really large ones ones that are hundreds of meters in diameter or kilometers in diameter that could potentially you know do to us what happened to the dinosaurs...
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which is sort of sixty miles away from where the meteor fell on friday the explosion was so powerful nasa says it was equal to around twenty nukes dropped on hiroshima thankfully these explosions caused by the media were not accompanied by lethal radioactivity for more what happened here on friday here's this report it wasn't a bird in the plane or superman but something much wouter right faster and many times of war terrifying because big bright like him shiny across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun and it was around nine am when the skies were suddenly lit up by a media or flying over she had been breaking into three parts and leaving a striking trail of smoke before vanishing just minutes later the city and the surrounding areas were the literally rocked by a series of massive explosion. and. i immediately called one of my teammates who lives in my building and i you know i couldn't get through to him by phone in work so i was a little bit scared at the point so powerful it damaged buildings and shattered windows all across the city of dallas the bottom of your family i
which is sort of sixty miles away from where the meteor fell on friday the explosion was so powerful nasa says it was equal to around twenty nukes dropped on hiroshima thankfully these explosions caused by the media were not accompanied by lethal radioactivity for more what happened here on friday here's this report it wasn't a bird in the plane or superman but something much wouter right faster and many times of war terrifying because big bright like him shiny across the sky you know blinding...
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some images of obvious panic vary and you can see why as nasa claims the meteors explosion generated a power of five hundred killed tons which is around twenty times the size of the hiroshima nuclear bomb twelve hundred people were injured many of them children after the shock wave hit buildings and shattered windows r.t. as you get a piece can offer ports now from the affected region the consequences of friday's meteor are still quite a handful it's not only about shattered glass a lot of old buildings were damaged as well like this factory there behind me where parts of the wall and roof just collapsed which is remarkable since we're around one hundred kilometers which is there are sixty miles away from where the media or fell for more what happened here on friday here's this report it wasn't a bird or a plane or superman but something much louder and brighter faster and needs i'm so bored terrifying this big bright like he was shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun it was around nine am when the skies were suddenly lit up by media or flying over breaking in
some images of obvious panic vary and you can see why as nasa claims the meteors explosion generated a power of five hundred killed tons which is around twenty times the size of the hiroshima nuclear bomb twelve hundred people were injured many of them children after the shock wave hit buildings and shattered windows r.t. as you get a piece can offer ports now from the affected region the consequences of friday's meteor are still quite a handful it's not only about shattered glass a lot of old...
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and made it very difficult to detect in advance that there are telescopes and networks operated by nasa in the u.s. it was cosmos and russia and the european space agency others that are out there trying to detect and track asteroids but honestly there's a lot of there's hundreds of thousands and their biggest focus is on the really large ones ones that are hundreds of meters in diameter or kilometers in diameter that could potentially you know do two oss what happened to the dinosaurs thankfully no one was killed this time and well leave the media or didn't hit any industrial facilities including several nuclear sites located in the region i must say all of this really looks like a scene from a science for a movie but it's really happened and it's another reminder that no matter how. advanced technology gets nowadays when it comes to nature often we can only watch helplessly and hope for the best you've got is going off to dad in central russia. and lawrence monks all crimes from the school of earth and space exploration says this was a scientific precious in fact meter is an asteroids
and made it very difficult to detect in advance that there are telescopes and networks operated by nasa in the u.s. it was cosmos and russia and the european space agency others that are out there trying to detect and track asteroids but honestly there's a lot of there's hundreds of thousands and their biggest focus is on the really large ones ones that are hundreds of meters in diameter or kilometers in diameter that could potentially you know do two oss what happened to the dinosaurs...